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Tira Qullu

Coordinates: 16°12′09″S 68°18′53″W / 16.20250°S 68.31472°W / -16.20250; -68.31472
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Tira Qullu
Tira Qullu is located in Bolivia
Tira Qullu
Tira Qullu
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,832 m (15,853 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°12′09″S 68°18′53″W / 16.20250°S 68.31472°W / -16.20250; -68.31472
Geography
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Pucarani Municipality
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Real

Tira Qullu (Aymara tira cradle, qullu mountain,[2] "cradle mountain", also spelled Tira Kkollu) is a 4,832-metre-high (15,853 ft) mountain in the western extension of the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Pucarani Municipality. Tira Qullu lies between the lakes Sura Quta and Taypi Chaka Quta in the west and Juri Quta in the east. It is situated south-west of the mountains Jach'a Jipiña and Milluni.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Peñas 5945-III
  2. ^ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ^ "Pucarani". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved September 10, 2014. (unnamed)